Comfortable Cut, Tour-ready Sound
Equally venerable from the studio to the stage, Seagull Guitars presents an acoustic-electric designed for the modern gigging guitarist — the Performer Cutaway Dreadnought acoustic-electric guitar. The dreadnought shape offers a powerful but well-rounded playing experience that’s ripe for guitar work of any type. Flame maple adorn the back and sides, and a select pressure-tested solid spruce top, collectively producing a sound that’s bright, direct, and with plenty of headroom. The silver leaf maple set neck is topped with a rosewood fingerboard that you’ll access with ease, thanks to the cutaway design. Rest assured that your output is faithfully captured via Fishman’s Presys II preamp, featuring onboard tone controls and a built-in EQ. Taken together, this road-ready performance package blends comfort and style with uncompromising sound. Sweetwater’s performance pros agree that this instrument sounds just as good as it looks.
Highly curated tones
Seagull Guitars are built in Canada using a carefully curated selection of tonewoods, with an eye toward prioritizing sustainability and reducing environmental impact. The Performer Cutaway Dreadnought starts with a solid spruce top. Its unique blend of light weight and stiff grain allow it to stand up to the most aggressive strumming while providing straightforward, punchy sounds that won’t get jumbled in the mix. Moreover, its solid construction ensures longevity, only getting better with age. Gorgeous flame maple is used for the back and sides with a natural hardness that yields bright sounds with great reflection over a balance of rich lows and crisp highs. Silver leaf maple in the neck means clear, cutting tones across all six strings, with great note separation and an especially responsive middle/upper register. You’ll find the rosewood fingerboard adds a smooth, glassy veneer, shimmering throughout your sound.
Sounding out from the studio to the stage
It’s one thing for a guitar to sound great when it’s unplugged, but can this acoustic-electric come to life when it’s needed? The answer is a resounding yes! Seagull have loaded their Performer Cutaway with a Fishman Presys II preamp system, boasting their Sonicore acoustic pickup to guarantee exceptional capture and reproduction of your sound. Low-profile knobs provide quick access to volume and phase controls, as well as a 2-band EQ, letting you sculpt your tone as you go. What’s more, the interface features a convenient display for its onboard tuner, along with a low-battery indicator and a unintrusive closure for changing the battery.
Enduring design for optimal performance
Silver leaf maple doesn’t just sound great — its natural structural stability makes it uniquely resilient to twisting and warping, perfect for gigging guitarists and those going through different climates. Moreover, its lightweight sturdiness gives you a solid hand-feel with enduring comfort that’s pretty forgiving in the maintenance department. Twenty-one frets sprawl the rosewood fingerboard, boasting easy access to the higher registers with the cutaway body design and integrated set neck. A GraphTech compensated TUSQ nut and rosewood bridge ensure stable, clear tones that makes intonation management a breeze. As with all Seagull Guitars, the tapered headstock is angled to reduce stress on the neck and strings while accommodating a range of tunings, letting you fully explore your sonic spectrum.
Seagull Performer Cutaway Flame Maple Dreadnought Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:
- Dreadnought body delivers loud projection and strong resonance — a great all-purpose guitar!
- Pressure-tested solid spruce top offers superior tone, projection, and response
- Flame maple back and sides deliver bright, reflective sounds across the spectrum
- Silver leaf maple neck provides tremendous note articulation and clarity through every register
- Rosewood fingerboard boasts 21 frets of warm, glassy sound
- Integrated set neck offers tuning and playing stability and eliminates twisting and warping
- Fishman Presys II electronics deliver great plugged-in tone via an under-saddle pickup
- Tapered headstock gives you a straighter string pull, better tuning, and less stress, especially when using altered tunings
- Dual-function truss rods assure the perfect neck alignment and relief
